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If you were trapped within six miles of the explosion it would be virtually impossible for you to survive while from three miles you'll be in a fireball zone - and dead.

Horrifyingly, if a bomb was dropped in the centre of London, it would cause the deadly fireball to reach Brixton and Kentish Town.

The heat from such a bomb would reach as far away as Southend and Reading.

Such a blast hitting the centre of Manchester would cause devastation as far away as Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffield.

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If Liverpool was hit by a nuclear missile Manchester would also be impacted

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A Tsar Bomba launched on central London would impact deep into surrounding counties

Americans like to point to it as an example of how crazy the Cold War was, and how crazy the Russians are and were

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The shocking visuals have been developed by a combination of Google Maps and Dr Alex Wellerstein in the website Nukemap

The Tsar Bomba is officially recorded as the must potent of all arms ever tested.

The hydrogen weapon of mass destruction, built by Soviet Russia, was tested on an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It's yield was 50 megatons.

Parachutes were used to slow down the bomb to give pilots enough time to reach a safe zone 30 miles from the impact site.

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If Manchester was struck cities such as Liverpool and Leeds would also suffer

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A bomb aimed at Glasgow would cause havoc across huge swathes of Scotland

The devastating abilities of the bomb was actually scaled back from the planned 100 megatons as this was thought to have a serious risk of nuclear fallout, as well as killing the pilots involved in the test.

Scientists opted for the smaller version which was still 3,000 times more powerful than the American blast on Hiroshima. The Tsar Bomba test created a five-mile wide fireball that also reached high into the sky.

Nuclear bomb tests through the years

Mon, January 18, 2016

From the early 1900's through to the modern days, countries across the World have been planning and testing their nuclear bombs. Take a look through the most incredible explosions.